Lead / Senior Estimators – Rail

Turner & Townsend; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking Lead/Senior Estimators with proven rail sector experience. You will embed within client organisations and support the wider Estimating Hub, delivering estimating outputs and cost planning for major programmes.

You will produce accurate cost plans, manage the estimation process, and promote best practice while contributing to department objectives and staying current with developments in cost engineering.

Qualifications

• Qualified to high standard in cost planning, estimating or quantity surveying with proven relevant experience.
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards.
• Detailed knowledge of cost planning, estimating, process and techniques.
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment.
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages.

Responsibilities

• Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner.
• Control and management of the estimating / cost planning process at project level.
• Production of estimates / cost plans without management or supervision.
• Assist with the gathering and sharing of estimating / cost planning data.
• Supporting development and promotion of estimating / cost planning good practice within Turner & Townsend.
• Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives.
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to be able to give best practice advice in line with business objectives.

Skills

Cost planning

Estimating

Quantity surveying

Chartered status

Tools

Estimating software

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

Are you looking for a new challenge in Estimating / Cost Planning?

Owing to continued demand and our ambitious plans for growth, Turner & Townsend are looking to recruit Lead/Senior Estimators with proven experience in the Rail sector.

You will be making the difference for our clients by supporting them as an embedded resource within their organizations and supporting the wider Turner & Townsend Estimating Hub.

Our team deliver a wide range of Estimating and Commercial Intelligence outputs for our clients, to support their decision making, including:

• Estimate / cost plan production (from order of magnitude estimates through to detailed estimates built up from first principles);
• Estimating / cost planning assurance;
• Estimating / cost planning support to major programme set up;
• Data analysis and benchmarking.

As an Estimator at Turner & Townsend you will be responsible for:

• Production of accurate and comprehensive estimates and cost plans for projects in a timely and efficient manner;
• Control and management of the estimating / cost planning process at project level;
• Production of estimates / cost plans without management or supervision;
• Assist with the gathering and sharing of estimating / cost planning data
• Supporting development and promotion of estimating / cost planning good practice within Turner & Townsend;
• Assisting in the achievement of departmental objectives;
• Staying abreast of developments within own technical area of expertise to be able to give best practice advice in line with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Qualified to high standard in cost planning, estimating or quantity surveying with proven relevant experience;
• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status or working towards;
• Detailed knowledge of cost planning, estimating, process and techniques;
• Relevant successful experience of provision of estimating and/or QS services in a large project environment;
• Previous experience of working with estimating software packages.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Any unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency/Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.